Postcolonial practices for a global virtual group: The case of the International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT)

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-32

  Hay, Iain ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical geography; Educational capacity building; Knowledge production; Oppression; Postcolonial; Virtual groups

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; POST-COLONIALISM; TEACHING;

EID: 38649109118     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260701728534     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Berg, L. and Kearns, R. (1998) America unlimited. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 16, pp. 128-132.
2. Brey, P. (2003) The social ontology of virtual environments (Criticisms and Reconstructions). American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 62:1, pp. 269-283.
3. Blomley, N. (2006) Uncritical critical geography. Progress in Human Geography, 30:1, pp. 87-94.
4. Bradbeer, J., Healey, M. and Kneale, P. (2004) Undergraduate geographers' understanding of geography, learning and teaching: A phenomenographic study. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 28:1, pp. 17-34.
5. Chakrabarty, D. (2000) Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
6. Cogburn, D. L. and Levinson, N. S. (2003) U.S.-Africa virtual collaboration in globalization studies: Success factors for complex, cross-national learning teams. International Studies Perspectives, 4, pp. 34-51.
7. Crawford, M. (2002) Enhancing school leadership: Evaluating the use of virtual learning communities. Educational Management and Administration, 30:4, pp. 431-445.
8. Crystal, D. (2000) Language Death, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
9. De Beer, A. S. (2001) The Internet in Africa - a new road to developmental opportunities or a digital highway leading to nowhere?. Media Freedom and Human Rights, 15:1, pp. 135-153.
10. Dyrkton, J. (1996) Cool Runnings: The contradictions of cybereality in Jamaica. Cultures of the Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies, pp. 49-57. Sage Publications, London
11. Dutta, A. and Roy, R. (2004) The mechanics of internet growth: A developing country perspective. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 9:2, pp. 143-165.
12. Fall, J. J. (2007) Lost geographers: Power games and the circulation of ideas within Francophone political geographies. Progress in Human Geography, 31:2, pp. 195-216.
13. Foote, K. E. (1999) Building disciplinary collaborations on the World Wide Web: Strategies and barriers. Journal of Geography, 98, pp. 108-117.
14. Garcia Ramon, M., Simonsen, K. and Vaiou, D. (2006) Does Anglophone hegemony permeate. Gender, Place and Culture? Gender, Place and Culture, 13:1, pp. 1-5.
15. (2004) Virtual Nation: The Internet in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney
16. Gutiérrez, J. and López-Nieva, P. (2001) Are international journals of human geography really international?. Progress in Human Geography, 25:1, pp. 53-69.
17. Hay, I. (2001) Engaging lessons: Classrooms as sites of engagement in activist critical geography. Forum, International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 10:2, pp. 55-88.
18. Hay, I., Foote, K. and Healey, M. (2000) From Cheltenham to Honolulu-the purposes and projects of the International Network for Learning and Teaching (INLT) geography in higher education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24:2, pp. 253-259.
19. Hayashi, A. M. (2004) Building better teams. MIT Sloan Management Review, 45:2, p. 5.
20. Healey, M. (2006) From Hawaii to Glasgow: The International Network for Learning and Teaching geography in higher education (INLT) five years on. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 30:1, pp. 65-75.
21. Healey, M., Foote, K. and Hay, I. (2000) Forming an International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education, Special Symposium. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24:2, pp. 217-298.
22. Henri, F. and Pudelko, B. (2003) Understanding and analysing activity and learning in virtual communities,. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 19, pp. 474-487.
23. Higgitt, D. and Haigh, M. (2006) Editorial: International advice. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 30:1, pp. 1-5.
24. Hones, S. (2004) Sharing academic space. Geoforum, 35:5, pp. 549-552.
25. Horton, R. (2000) North and South: Bridging the information gap. Lancet, 355:9222, pp. 2231-2236.
26. Israel, M. and Hay, I. (2006) Research Ethics for Social Scientists: Between Ethical Conduct and Regulatory Compliance, Sage Publications, London
27. Kanu, Y. (2005) Tensions and dilemmas of cross-cultural transfer of knowledge: Post-structural/postcolonial reflections on an innovative teacher education in Pakistan. International Journal of Educational Development, 25:5, pp. 493-513.
28. Matei, S. (2004) The impact of state-level social capital on the emergence of virtual communities. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 48:1, pp. 23-40.
29. Maznevski, M. L. and Chudoba, K. M. (2000) Bridging space over time: global virtual team dynamics and effectiveness. Organization Science, 11:5, pp. 473-492.
30. Milicich, M., Stringer, C. and Le Heron, R. (2003) Learning styles of Auckland geography students - some preliminary findings. New Zealand Journal of Geography, 115, pp. 49-52.
31. Mitchell, K. (2006) Writing from left field. Antipode, 38:2, pp. 205-212.
32. Mitra, A. (1997) Virtual commonality: Looking for India on the Internet. Virtual Culture: Identity and Communication in Cybersociety, pp. 55-79. Sage Publications, London
33. Mendler, J., Simon, D. and Broome, P. (2002) Virtual development and virtual geographies: Using the Internet to teach interactive distance courses in the global South. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 26:3, pp. 313-325.
34. Morris, C. and Meadows, M. (2004) Digital dreaming: Indigenous intellectual property and new communication technologies. Virtual Nation: The Internet in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney
35. Nettle, D. and Romaine, S. (2002) Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages, Oxford University Press, Oxford
36. Paasi, A. (2005) Globalization, academic capitalism, and the uneven geographies of international journal publishing spaces. Environment and Planning A, 37:5, pp. 769-789.
37. Prasad, A. (2003) The gaze of the other: Postcolonial theory and organizational analysis. Postcolonial Theory and Organizational Analysis: A Critical Engagement, pp. 3-43. Macmillan, New York
38. Prasad, A. and Prasad, P. (2003) The postcolonial imagination. Postcolonial Theory and Organizational Analysis: A Critical Engagement, pp. 283-295. Macmillan, New York
39. Putnik, G. and Cunha, M. M. (2007) Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions, IGI Global, London
40. Robinson, J. (2003) Postcolonialising geography: Tactics and pitfalls. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 24:3, pp. 273-289.
41. Rodriguez-Pose, A. (2006) Is there an 'Anglo-American' domination in human geography? And, is it bad?. Environment and Planning A, 38:4, pp. 603-610.
42. Samaras, K. (2005) Indigenous Australians and the digital divide. LIBRI, 55:2, pp. 84-95.
43. Sholle, D. (1992) Authority on the Left: Critical pedagogy, postmodernism and vital strategies. Cultural Studies, 6:1, pp. 271-289.
44. Sieber, R. W. (2003) Public participation geographic information systems across borders. Canadian Geographer, 47:1, pp. 50-61.
45. Simonsen, K. (2004) Differential spaces of critical geography. Geoforum, 35:5, pp. 525-528.
46. Smith, R. (2003) Place and chips: Virtual communities, governance and the environment. Global Environmental Politics, 3:2, pp. 88-102.
47. Solem, M., Bell, S., Fournier, E., Gillespie, C., Lewitsky, M. and Lockton, H. (2003) Using the Internet to support international collaborations for global geography education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 27:3, pp. 239-254.
48. Timár, J. (2004) More than 'Anglo-American': It is 'Western': hegemony on geography from a Hungarian perspective. Geoforum, 35:5, pp. 529-531.
49. Tomlinson, J. (1999) Globalization and Culture, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
50. Vaiou, D. (2004) The contested and negotiated dominance of Anglophone geography in Greece. Geoforum, 35:5, pp. 529-531.
51. Young, I. M. (1990) Justice and the Politics of Difference, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
52. Zakaria, N., Amelinckx, A. and Wilemon, D. (2004) Working together apart? Building a knowledge-sharing culture for global virtual teams. Creativity and Innovation Management, 13:1, pp. 15-29.